1 and "tutto fede," "altogether faithful," in the next.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES ... 2 Every one admits how praiseworthy it is in a prince to keep faith, and to live with integrity and not with craft.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES ... 3 If men were entirely good this precept would not hold, but because they are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you too are not bound to observe it with them.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES ... 4 Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he to, keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons that caused him to pledge it exist no longer.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES ... 5 In conclusion, I say that these colonies are not costly, they are more faithful, they injure less, and the injured, as has been said, being poor and scattered, cannot hurt.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 6 Yet it cannot be called talent to slay fellow-citizens, to deceive friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; such methods may gain empire, but not glory.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VIII — CONCERNING THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED A ... 7 Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX — CONCERNING A CIVIL PRINCIPALITY 8 Nor can one express the love with which he would be received in all those provinces which have suffered so much from these foreign scourings, with what thirst for revenge, with what stubborn faith, with what devotion, with what tears.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 9 Nevertheless our experience has been that those princes who have done great things have held good faith of little account, and have known how to circumvent the intellect of men by craft, and in the end have overcome those who have relied on their word.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES ... 10 For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip from his lips that is not replete with the above-named five qualities, that he may appear to him who sees and hears him altogether merciful, faithful, humane, upright, and religious.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES ... 11 And the first opinion which one forms of a prince, and of his understanding, is by observing the men he has around him; and when they are capable and faithful he may always be considered wise, because he has known how to recognize the capable and to keep them faithful.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXII — CONCERNING THE SECRETARIES OF PRINCES 12 If, therefore, your illustrious house wishes to follow these remarkable men who have redeemed their country, it is necessary before all things, as a true foundation for every enterprise, to be provided with your own forces, because there can be no more faithful, truer, or better soldiers.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 13 There never was a new prince who has disarmed his subjects; rather when he has found them disarmed he has always armed them, because, by arming them, those arms become yours, those men who were distrusted become faithful, and those who were faithful are kept so, and your subjects become your adherents.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO ... 14 And I shall dare to say this also, that to have them and always to observe them is injurious, and that to appear to have them is useful; to appear merciful, faithful, humane, religious, upright, and to be so, but with a mind so framed that should you require not to be so, you may be able and know how to change to the opposite.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVIII(*) — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH PRINCES ... 15 Neither have they the knowledge requisite for the position; because, unless they are men of great worth and ability, it is not reasonable to expect that they should know how to command, having always lived in a private condition; besides, they cannot hold it because they have not forces which they can keep friendly and faithful.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ...